In the 13^th century, the famous Indian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. He saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15^th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7^th century.
A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.
Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.
So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs（手帕） and paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and refuse (拒绝) it later.
Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.
【小题1】When he was in China, Marco Polo __________ .

In the world ,soccer of football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.
To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries  and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called“Dream(梦幻) World  Cups” in Japan .The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a blue bright sky. They wished each football team good  luck by drawing the  flags(旗帜)of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama .Some football teams will   have games there.
Are you a football fan(迷)？The World Cup makes more and more people interested in football. Teenagers(青少年)like playing and  watching football .Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favorite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.
【小题1】If a country wants to take part in the World Cup ,she must have______.

In the world ,soccer of football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.

To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries  and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called“Dream(梦幻) World  Cups” in Japan .The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a blue bright sky. They wished each football team good  luck by drawing the  flags(旗帜)of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama .Some football teams will   have games there.

Are you a football fan(迷)？The World Cup makes more and more people interested in football. Teenagers(青少年)like playing and  watching football .Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favorite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.

1.If a country wants to take part in the World Cup ,she must have______.

A．Many football fan                       B．a very good team　　

C．many football player　　                 D．a big playground

2.From the passage, in the picture children drew many things except______.

A．people playing football　                 B．pictures of some football stars　　

C．a sunny sky　　                        D．flowers

3.In“Dream World Cup”,the children drew the flags of some countries______.

A．to show their love for their own country

B．to tell the people their stories

C．to show their good wishes for the football teams

D．to show their new ideas about football.

4.Many teenagers have the pictures of some football stars because___.

A．they are interested in football

B．they are football fans

C．they think their favorite players are great

D．all of A,B and C

In a class for adults, I gave the class homework. It was to “go to someone you love during this week and tell him or her you love him or her. It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or haven’t shared those words with for a long time.

The people in my class were all over 35. They had learned that it was not nature (成熟的) to express their emotion. So this was very difficult for some of them.

At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. I expected one of the men raised his hand. He looked quite moved.

As he stood up, he began saying, “Dennis, I was quite confused when you gave us this homework because I didn’t feel I had anyone to say those word to.”

“But on my way home, there was a voice which told me exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’ to.”

“Five years ago, my father and I had a bad disagreement and have really never solved it since that time. We have avoided seeing each other unless we had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. But even then, we hardly spoke to each other.”

“So last Tuesday when I got home, I visited my father and said, ‘I love you.’ He gave me a big hug.”

46.The writer asked the students to _______.

A. write an article about life      B. express their love to people close to them

C. make some new friends            D. share interesting stories with their family

47. The homework was difficult for some because______.

A. they never learned to express love   

B. they were to shy to express their feelings

C. they were taught not to express emotions easily

D. they couldn’t think of anyone to say those words to

48. The underlined word “confused” in the 4^th paragraph probably means “_____”.

A. 迷惑的      B.激动的    C. 高兴的       D.吃惊的

49. The man was moved because __________.

A. he had the chance to answer the question

B. he and his father started to speak to each other

C. he had a bad disagreement with his father

D. he found someone to help with his homework

50. The writer gave the homework to teach the students that_____________.

A. they should express their emotions to the people they love

B. they should respect their parents and visit them often

C. they should never have disagreements with their parents

D. it’s important to finish their homework on time every day

On the first day of school, the new teacher had a look at the list. The students’ names were written on it.    36   pleased the teacher was! Guess what she found? After each    37    name was a number, such as 138, 140, 154 and so on. “   38    these high IQ students,” she thought to herself. “They’ve given me a terrific (非常棒的)    39   !”

  As a result, the excited teacher worked    40    with this class than with her others. She tried some new teaching    41   . She thought these ways would interest the students and hold their interest. And it    42   ! The class did much better than any of her other classes. She had taught her other classes in the    43    way ---the traditional way. Later she    44    that the number after each student meant    45    but the number of his or her clothing box in the school!